The truce continues to carry with extra captive and prisoner swaps anticipated, as Gaza receives restricted however much-needed humanitarian support.
Here’s what to know concerning the scenario on Saturday, November 25, 2023:
Hostage and prisoner swap
- Hamas fighters are set to launch a second group of captives in change for Palestinian prisoners, based on officers.
- Egypt says it has obtained an inventory from Hamas of 14 captives to be launched from Gaza.
- Forty-two Palestinians held in Israeli jails have been set to be launched, together with 18 ladies and 24 teenage boys.
- Hamas has already released 13 Israeli ladies and kids, together with some twin residents.
- The group has additionally freed 10 Thais and one Filipino citizen.
- Thirty-nine Palestinian ladies and kids have been launched from Palestinian prisons.
- The Israeli navy says the launched captives will undergo a medical evaluation in Israel earlier than being reunited with their households.
Truce
- 4-day truce largely holds in Gaza into its second day with solely a small plume of gray smoke reported over northern Gaza, the main focus of Israeli assaults.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says for each extra 10 captives who’re launched, there will likely be an extra day of truce.
- Below the truce deal, Hamas is anticipated to free a complete of fifty captives in change for 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.
Humanitarian support
- A UN convoy has reached two amenities of the worldwide organistion’s refugee company for Palestinians (UNRWA) sheltering internally displaced folks within the north, the place it delivered flour.
- 4 tankers of gasoline and one other 4 containing cooking fuel have entered the southern Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing.
- The Palestine Pink Crescent Society says 196 vans carrying meals, water and medical provides have entered Gaza by way of the Rafah crossing, changing into the most important such support supply for the reason that battle began.
- In response to the Israeli defence ministry physique that handles Palestinian civil affairs, 200 support vans in complete have entered Gaza after the truce.
Different developments
- An Israeli-owned cargo ship has been damaged in a suspected drone assault by Iran within the Indian Ocean, based on a US defence official.
- The Israeli military says it has shot down a surface-to-air missile fired from Lebanon and focusing on an Israeli drone.
